FRANK HENRY SHAPLEIGH OIL PAINTING, Kingston Mass, 1889

Frank Henry Shapleigh
American, 1842-1906
Old Barn near Kingston Mass.
Signed & Dated: F.H. Shapleigh 1889 (lr) Signed and Titled: in verso
Old Barn near Kingston Mass. by F H Shapleigh (lower middle right). In black pigment (in artist hand).

Oil on Canvas
10 x 16 inches

Condition report: Very good to excellent condition; 100% original surface paint, no in-paint, dirty varnish. Signature fades perfectly under U.V. light. (hard to see)
Lot Note(s): The important: (size label) Size 10 x 16 Sold by FROST & ADAMS 37 Cornhill Boston label. – attached to stretcher.
COMPARABLE #1: For a similar quality example see: The Cobbs Auctioneers, 7/3/04; Lot: 258 with a presale estimate of $5,000 – 10,000 USD – SOLD: 19,550.00 USD (Note: Image size: 9.5 x 15.5 inches).
COMPARABLE #2: For a similar quality example see: Skinner Inc. Marlborough, 9/25/20; Lot: 68 with a presale estimate of $800 – 1200 USD – SOLD: 10,000.00 USD (Note: Image size: 10 x 16 inches).
COMPARABLE #3: For a similar quality example see: Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, 7/18/20; Lot: 1149 with a presale estimate of $3,000 – 4,000 USD – SOLD: 9,500.00 USD, (Note: Image size: 9.5 x 15.5 inches).
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, New York;
By descent to the present owner.

ARTIST BIO:
Frank Shapleigh is best known for his well-executed White Mountain, New Hampshire landscapes that include all of the major tourist attractions as well as places that had special, personal, meaning for him. He painted Mount Washington and the other well-known mountains from dozens of different locations, and because he wrote the location of his paintings on the back of the canvases, his paintings provide an invaluable record of his works.

He was born in Boston and studied there at the Lowell Institute of Drawing. When the Civil War broke out, he enlisted in the Union Army and served from 1862-63. He then studied art in Paris with Emile Lambinet and then returned to the United States to establish his studio in Boston. In 1866, he first visited the White Mountains, where he spent most of his summers and built a home studio in Jackson.

He also painted in Florida, California, and Europe. From 1877 to 1894 he was artist-in-residence at the Crawford House in St. Augustine, Florida, where he wintered at the Ponce de Leon Hotel.

Very good to excellent condition; 100% original surface paint, no in-paint, dirty varnish. Signature fades perfectly under U.V. light. (hard to see) The important: (size label) Size 10 x 16 Sold by FROST & ADAMS 37 Cornhill Boston label. – attached to stretcher.